Madrid, Spain – Israel and Spain are currently in a diplomatic dispute after Israel accused some Spanish ministers of supporting Hamas in the Middle East conflict. However, Madrid has rejected these claims.
The disagreement started when left-wing Spanish politicians from the coalition government accused Israel of committing “genocide” against the Palestinian people.
Ione Belarra, the social rights minister and leader of Unidos Podemos, the far-left junior partner in Spain’s coalition government, has expressed her support for Palestine and criticized the Israeli occupation on social media.
On Monday, she urged Spain to bring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
Irene Montero, Spain’s equality minister, echoed this call, mentioning a similar appeal made in the case of a Spanish aid worker who was killed in the war in Ukraine a few weeks ago.
Montero has also used social media to state, “Violations of international criminal law and war crimes must not go unpunished. Defending peace and human rights is the most urgent task today.”
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